elected me, a simple, humble worker in god s vineyards. for decades cardinal row joseph ratsinger, he battled relativism, what s true for one person might not be true for someone else. happy birthday to you pope benedict s 2008 visit to the united states would be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and mass at yankee stadium, but also in the way in which he addressed the sex abuse crisis so directly. from the sacred ministry, this is absolutely who is guilty cannot be priest. the sex abuse would haunt his papacy as the scandal unfolded in europe and charged that benedict s record on abuse was mixed and there were other problems as well. benedict offended muslims with a speech suggesting islam could be a violent religion and sparked a global uproar when he lifted the excommunication for four bishops and one of them turned out to be a holocaust denier. a priest having discovered both vocations while growing up
because of this, and because of the fact they re not getting any more covid funding, this could hurt california more than it already has been. no question, david. california goes through these boom and bust cycles. it s been that way for 35 or 40 years and never seem to learn that what goes up, sometimes comes down. and they are facing, remember, they gave out all of this money last year and writing rebate checks to people and now they ve got one of the biggest deficits in the country. so, you re so right about that. look, my look at the economy right now, i m looking at the leading economic indicators, david, and something like eight out of 10 of those have turned negative. i was turning to a guy named bob bunk, the head of one of the biggest employment firms in america and i talked to him yesterday, he s not seen it so ugly since 2008 in terms of even hiring and that s been the good news on the economy, right, david, is the employment market has been good.